HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Cheerios!

Image via WikipediaNice to know that our top selling cereal is also the top selling cereal in America:

From USA Today

One out of every eight boxes of cereal to leave the shelf in America carries the Cheerios name.

ANd as many locals know, they are made in Buffalo:

"The company's waterfront plant in Buffalo has been firing them off since 1941, often cloaking the city with a distinctive toasty-with-a-sweet-finish aroma and inspiring T-shirts announcing "My city smells like Cheerios." ....

Since then, the company's introduced several new flavors, starting with Honey Nut in 1979 and last year, chocolate."

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Quality of food affects weight loss - The Times of India

Quality of food affects weight loss - The Times of India:

"...focusing on calories alone would not keep you slim.Instead, the best way to stay a healthy weight is eat nutritious and filling foods of good quality, especially when it comes to carbohydrates.

'An average adult gains about 1lb per year. Because the weight gain is so gradual and occurs over many years, it has been difficult for scientists and for individuals themselves to understand the specific factors that may be responsible,' the Daily Express quoted study co-author Dr Dariush Mozaffaria as saying....

The findings have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine."

USDA serves nutrition guidelines on 'My Plate' - USATODAY.com

USDA serves nutrition guidelines on 'My Plate' - USATODAY.com:

"The icon (www.choosemyplate.gov), called My Plate, is divided into four sections — fruits, vegetables, grains and protein. It replaces the familiar pyramid image, which was first introduced in 1992 and revised in 2005. Many nutritionists said the pyramid had become too complicated for people to understand easily.

From the NY Times:

"The plate is split into four sections, for fruit, vegetables, grains and protein. A smaller circle sits beside it for dairy products....This is a quick, simple reminder for all of us to be more mindful of the foods that we’re eating,” Mrs. Obama said. “We’re all bombarded with so many dietary messages that it’s hard to find time to sort through all this information, but we do have time to take a look at our kids’ plates.” "